https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301673 Vicarious criminal liability of company officers under Section 25 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 arises only where the company is prosecuted as the principal offender and the complaint contains the necessary foundational averments. Applying that principle, the court held that directors and authorised signatories could not be proceeded against when the company itself was not arraigned as an accused. The prosecution against the officers was therefore not maintainable and was liable to be quashed. en-us Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 17:24:41 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301673 Vicarious criminal liability of company officers under Section 25 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 arises only where the company is prosecuted as the principal offender and the complaint contains the necessary foundational averments. Applying that principle, the court held that directors and authorised signatories could not be proceeded against when the company itself was not arraigned as an accused. The prosecution against the officers was therefore not maintainable and was liable to be quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=301673